percentage

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Meaning

A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

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The computer field is intoxicated with change. We have seen galloping growth over a period of four decades and it still does not seem to be slowing down. The field is not mature yet and already it accounts for a significant percentage of the Gross National Product both directly and indirectly. Fernando J. Corbató

It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations. David Gilmour

There were a large number of Jews who held more favorable positions than they should have, according to their percentage of the population. Germans should have held those positions. Otto Ohlendorf

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%. Jack Welch

There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers. Andrzej Wajda

The only people who steal are thieves, and that's a very small percentage of civilization. Most people want to have some way to make the economic transaction valid. They want to return the favor, if you will... return the benefit and reciprocate. Michael Nesmith

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